Shoulder shaped dress and suit hanger



.April 17, 1951 F. K. DOBANA SHOULDER SHAPED DRESS AND SUIT HANGER FiledJune 26, 1947 m m V m .FredKDobarza ATI'CI RNEYS Patented Apr. 17, 1951UNITED STATES ATENT GFFICE SHOULDER SHAPED DRESS AND SUIT HANGER 1Claim.

This invention relates to a shoulder shaped dress and suit hanger.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a hanger which isshaped at the ends to properly secure the padded shoulders of dresses orcoats without getting the shoulder of the dress or suit out of shape.

Another object of the present invention is to provide with such a hangerhaving an enlarged end for adequately supporting shoulders, a means forsupporting a skirt or trousers thereunder centrally of the enlargedshoulder support whereby the suit or dress part will be retained inspaced relationship from the skirt or trousers supported thereunder.

Other objects of the present invention are to make a shoulder shapeddress and suit hanger which is of simple construction, inexpensive tomanufacture and efficient in operation.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention,reference may be had to the following detailed description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is a sideelevational view showing one form of the invention with the enlargedshoulder support at the opposite ends of the same and with an inturnedrecess at the opposite sides for receiving the opposite side edges of askirt.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the coat hanger shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of a modified form of the inventionwherein a bar is disposed under the shoulder support for the purpose ofsupporting trousers thereon.

Fig. 5 is a transverse cross-sectional view taken on line 55 of Fig. 4.

Referring now particularly to Figs. 1 to 3, I0 represents the main bodyportion of the hanger on which there is formed a hook formation H by themeans of which the hanger is supported on a rod or hook within a closet.On opposite ends of the hanger are wide shoulder supports l2 which arewider at the ends than inwardly thereof and which taper while curvingupwardly from the ends toward the hook formation of the hanger. Theinner portions of the support formation !2 overlie inwardly curvedrecesses i3 having at the lower side of the same projections l4. Intothis recess the top of a skirt can be folded or projected and the skirtwill be rested upon the projection It. The shoulder supports are notonly curved longitudinally but are curved transversely so that the frontand rear edges lie below the top of the support portion.

In Figs. 4 and 5, there is shown a hanger which has a horizontal rodportion I? for receiving trousers. This rod portion is integral with themain part of the hanger and depends from end portions i 8 integrallyconnected with the part iii. The rod portion I1 and its dependingportions 18 underlie the shoulder support portion l2.

While various changes may be made in the detail construction, it shallbe understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope ofthe present invention as defined by the appended claim.

I claim:

A shoulder shaped dress and suit hanger comprising a substantially thinmain body part with a hook formation extending upwardly therefrom,shoulder support portions of a greater overall dimension than said mainbody part extending from the main body part on opposite sides thereofwhich are adapted to support the shoulders of a dress or suit so as tomaintain the shape of same, said shoulder support portions being Wide attheir outer ends and tapering inwardly toward the main body part, saidshoulder portions being further curved transversely of the same, saidbody part having upper and lower outwardly directed portions defininginwardly directed garment receiving recesses therebetween into which thetop of a skirt can be extended, projections on said lower portionsextending into the recesses and adapted to engage the top of the skirtto retain the skirt therein, and said recesses lying beneath the innerends of the tapered shoulder portions.

FRED K. DO-BANA.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Klein Jan. 2, 1940

